not getting in a pissing contest with you, but
ted leo - i dont like the decemberists, and i dont like him
KoC - shelved them off as boring aster a couple astralwerks samplers, rather liked Oye's mix CD so i gave it another run. i was bored again
hot water music - havent heard of, sorry.
Datsuns - they're special in their genre of garabe-rock, which contain the loathsome vines and the tolerable Hives, but i could never dive into that stuff before.
coheed and cambria - haven't heard either, but i dont keep up with anything off of the Warped Tour, either.
TV on the Radio - goddamn fucking brilliant. completely deserved the shortlist prize, and "new health rock" is rather exciting as far as anticipating future releases.
i have a thread 1 or 2 pages back full of porly written blurbs of stuff i get excited about (or dont) if you're actually interested, i just hold you up to a higher stand because you plug yourself.